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2 Corinthians 13 2
I have previously said when I was present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,
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2 Corinthians 13 10
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
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2 Corinthians 12 20-2 Corinthians 12 21
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and indecent behavior which they have practiced.
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2 Corinthians 1 23
But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
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1 Thessalonians 2 7
But we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children,
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2 Corinthians 2 3
This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all.
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2 Corinthians 10 1-2 Corinthians 10 2
Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ— I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I intend to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.
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2 Corinthians 2 1
But I decided this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.
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1 Corinthians 5 5
I have decided to turn such a person over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
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James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.
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2 Corinthians 3 10
For indeed what had glory in this case has no glory, because of the glory that surpasses it.
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2 Corinthians 10 6
and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.
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2 Corinthians 10 8
For if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,
